What Role for Legal Certainty in Criminal Law Within the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice in the EU?

Abstract

The article analyses the current position of legal certainty within the area of freedom, security and justice, and more specifically in EU criminal law. The current legal status of EU criminal law is first briefly presented. Thereafter the area and its present status are described, as is the concept of legal certainty within the area. The characteristics of EU criminal law are focused on, especially in relation to the nature of a European criminal justice 'system', which demonstrates why the EU is different as compared to the Member States. This difference …